Shanghai Leads the Production of Broadway Drama “The Great Comet”
“The Great Comet” combines Chinese and Western elements, with stable output for all members
Liberation Daily News (Reporter Zhuge Yi) “Shanghai Produced” Broadway immersive musical “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” held its “Night of the Comet” red carpet ceremony yesterday, and the first cast and crew to appear caused uproar. Little sensation. Netizen momo commented on Douban: “The actors are really awesome and very interesting. Half are foreign actors and half are Chinese actors, but it can be seen that the Chinese actors are very capable and all of them are delivering steadily.”
The Broadway immersive musical “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” is produced by Shanghai Grand Theater, Chang Yang Culture, and West Bund Grand Theater, and co-produced by Shanghai Grand Theater Creative Center, West Bund Grand Theater, and Yuhua Culture. The new international production version (hereinafter referred to as “The Great Comet”), after completing 5 previews at the Jiushushu Future Art Center during the New Year’s Eve, officially launched its Asian premiere at the Bank of Communications Qiantan 31 Performing Arts Center on January 14, becoming a prepared A much-anticipated new year drama.
“The Great Comet” performance stills. Data pictures
The story and music of this version of “The Great Comet” remain the original flavor of the Broadway version, with subversive innovations in stage design, lighting, sound, visuals, costumes, etc. Chinese director Zhou Xiaowei said: “Everything you can see on the stage, except for the story and music, which are licensed from Broadway, is the intellectual property of the Chinese production company. In my opinion, it is very enjoyable.”
The dazzling stage designed by Korean designer Oh Pil-young is inspired by the “universe”, “planets” and “star trails”. The 66 CNC hoists suspended in the air and the 100-meter mother frame structure can lift 5 circular decorations weighing 12 tons, 2 tons of hardware equipment and 1 ton of crystal chandeliers. Chinese lighting designer Li Bowen designed nearly 600 lighting cue points to create a dreamlike stage atmosphere for the audience and actors. Behind the scenes, nearly 80 cutting lighting equipment and 4 new domestic light-tracking heads were installed and adjusted. equipment and nearly 100 imported moving-head dyeing high-power lamps.
The sound equipment has also been fine-tuned based on the stage of Qiantan 31 Performing Arts Center. 65 suspended sound points, 10 sets of TiMax sound tracking systems, and 40 sets of actors’ sound systems were customized for “The Great Comet” by sound design experts from China and the United States. Wireless headset microphones are seamlessly connected to ensure immersion throughout the show.
“We were actually a little nervous at the beginning. We didn’t expect that “The Great Comet” would be very complete.” Zhang Xiaoding, general manager of the Shanghai Grand Theater, said, “This is why we insist on Shanghai taking the lead in the production of this drama. Our production The team is becoming more and more mature as it integrates with international teams, and they are fully capable of participating in international competition.”